diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index df1884d57d1a0..dc15db1548535 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -1199,26 +1199,22 @@ static int handle_invalid_req_id(struct ena_ring *ring, u16 req_id,
 
 static int validate_tx_req_id(struct ena_ring *tx_ring, u16 req_id)
 {
-	struct ena_tx_buffer *tx_info = NULL;
+	struct ena_tx_buffer *tx_info;
 
-	if (likely(req_id < tx_ring->ring_size)) {
-		tx_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[req_id];
-		if (likely(tx_info->skb))
-			return 0;
-	}
+	tx_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[req_id];
+	if (likely(tx_info->skb))
+		return 0;
 
 	return handle_invalid_req_id(tx_ring, req_id, tx_info, false);
 }
 
 static int validate_xdp_req_id(struct ena_ring *xdp_ring, u16 req_id)
 {
-	struct ena_tx_buffer *tx_info = NULL;
+	struct ena_tx_buffer *tx_info;
 
-	if (likely(req_id < xdp_ring->ring_size)) {
-		tx_info = &xdp_ring->tx_buffer_info[req_id];
-		if (likely(tx_info->xdpf))
-			return 0;
-	}
+	tx_info = &xdp_ring->tx_buffer_info[req_id];
+	if (likely(tx_info->xdpf))
+		return 0;
 
 	return handle_invalid_req_id(xdp_ring, req_id, tx_info, true);
 }
@@ -1243,9 +1239,14 @@ static int ena_clean_tx_irq(struct ena_ring *tx_ring, u32 budget)
 
 		rc = ena_com_tx_comp_req_id_get(tx_ring->ena_com_io_cq,
 						&req_id);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
+			if (unlikely(rc == -EINVAL))
+				handle_invalid_req_id(tx_ring, req_id, NULL,
+						      false);
 			break;
+		}
 
+		/* validate that the request id points to a valid skb */
 		rc = validate_tx_req_id(tx_ring, req_id);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
@@ -1801,9 +1802,14 @@ static int ena_clean_xdp_irq(struct ena_ring *xdp_ring, u32 budget)
 
 		rc = ena_com_tx_comp_req_id_get(xdp_ring->ena_com_io_cq,
 						&req_id);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
+			if (unlikely(rc == -EINVAL))
+				handle_invalid_req_id(xdp_ring, req_id, NULL,
+						      true);
 			break;
+		}
 
+		/* validate that the request id points to a valid xdp_frame */
 		rc = validate_xdp_req_id(xdp_ring, req_id);
 		if (rc)
 			break;